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Microsoft Launches Outlook For Android and iOS

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check-it-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes Microsoft today launched Outlook for Android and iOS. The former is available (in preview) for download now on Google Play and the latter will arrive on Apple's App Store later today. The pitch is simple: Outlook will let you manage your work and personal email on your phone and tablet as efficiently as you do on your computer. The app also offers calendar features, attachment integration (with OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, and iCloud), along with customizable swipes and actions so you can tailor it to how you specifically use email.

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  1. M$FT ON LINUX ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won."

    Linus Torvalds

  2. Re:What's the point? by bhcompy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Blackberry is all but dead in the corporate space. This leaves a hole that iPhone and Android are filling. Microsoft recognizes that Windows Phone isn't going to fill that gap, so they're finally moving their branding into those environments because of that. I'll assume that advanced features are/will be available that make it worthwhile to deploy the application in a corporate environment over the stock applications. The attachment integration with web based services already gives it a leg up on iPhone's Mail application. Not that I'm expecting it based on what's announced, I'd be very happy if there was a way to give it network folder integration within the network where Exchange is located.

  3. Secure? by TallGuy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2... for some perspective...

    The iOS Outlook app uses a cloud to download your email (including attachments should you choose to want to see it). This may or may not be what you (or your employer) want. I know I won't be using it.

  4. Will it have the preview pane? by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Will it have a preview pane that will execute all the macros in the email, fetch all the attachments and render them on screen on just a mouse over the subject line? Will it also disobey the native sandboxes in android and introduce "internet zone" "safe zone" "home zone" "vpn zone" "super trustworthy microsoft zone" etc? Great! Just what the world has been waiting for.

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  5. Re: What's the point? by msk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why anyone would want to let corporate tendrils into one's personal phone is hard, very hard, to fathom.